Acceptable
Acceptable adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Required and acceptable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Required" instead an adjective "Acceptable".
Required
Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Acceptable and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acceptable" instead an adjective "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Both words in one sentence
- Quatre does have issues—probably more than Trowa, really, because as the end of the above post indicates he believes killing is bad even when necessary and yet also believes that it is required and acceptable for him to do it under the circumstances.
Source: Ron The Death Eater / Gundam -
He is even required to use clippers to shave his body hair down to an acceptable level.
- Quicksilver, whose mutant power includes all required secondary abilities needed to move at an acceptable fraction of the speed of light, reminded her smoking body that he'd been easily hitting Mach 10 since he was a teenager.
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